First of all for those of you that don't know Jackson made a very dramatic entrance to this world on April 16, 2013 at 11:08 am. Weighing in at 6lbs 6oz and 17 inches long. Since that day life has been crazy busy but I would not change it for the world. I had decided that I was not going to share the details of what we are learning about him but then I thought and I don't want him to ever think that I am embarrassed or disappointed by him in any way. He is an amazing little man and I am so proud to be his mother. I will start by sharing info about his entrance into this world.
My pregnancy and labor was really normal. My water broke at 9:30 pm on April 15, 2013 at home so we loaded the boys into the car and we were off to the hospital. Instantly my contractions were 3-5 minutes apart which made the 45 minute trip to SMMC seem like a life time. Shortly after we arrived at the hospital my mother and sister showed up. My plan was to have my baby naturally but my body had another idea. Pretty much as soon as they had me all hooked up to the monitors and everything my contractions were full strength and one right on top of eachother. I asked for something to take the edge off which pretty much just knocked me out until I would have a contraction and then I would wake up in pain. After about 5 hours I had had enough and asked for the epidural. Which I did not want because all I heard was that you couldn't move your own legs or feel anything and after have a c-section and not being able to feel anything from the waist down that was not something I was looking forward to go through again. I did not experience that sensation at all. I was still able to feel and move my legs it just really dulled the contractions which gave me a little bit of time to rest. My mother and sister left around 7:30am and by 8:30am I was fully dialeted and ready to push. In the mean time my sister had some back and my bestfriend had shown up. With my sister on one leg and my bestfriend watching and Corey taking pictures I pushed for 2.5 hours since my contractions had slowed down to 5 to 7 minutes apart. Thank goodness for nurse Nancy she was amazing!!!! Finally all the pushing was worth it and my little man was brought into the world.
Little did I know but that brought on a whole bunch of unanswered questions and worries. Dr Danby put him on my chest and Corey cut the cord and then with still no sound coming from my little man he was brought over to the baby station and the room instantly filled with people. After a few minutes we could hear a little bit of noise coming from Jackson but we still had no answers. They brought him over so that we could kiss him and then he was gone. After a little we heard that he was having some issues with his breathing and then we were overloaded with a million possibilities of what could be wrong with him. We heard everything from he may have downs to them not know what his gender was. What was suppose to be one of the best days of my life had turned into the worst. Still with no answers they decided that it would be best to have Jackson transfered to Maine Med. During the process of getting him ready to be transported he had stopped breathing so they ended up having to insert a breathing tube. So after a quick visit with him but still unable to hold himn he was brought to Maine Med while I had to remain ay SMMC due to them having no room for me at Maine Medical Center. So with no answers and no child I was left to get some rest.
to be continued...
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